Retainer member for roofing-fabric bolls



R. P. PERRY.

RETAINER MEMBER FOR ROOFING FABRIC ROLLS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, 1918.

1 QQ Patented Aug. 5, K919.

HNVENTOR ATTORNEY RAY P. PERRY, OF UPlP'ER MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY, essrenoia TO THE CQMPAN'Y, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BARRETT RETAINER MEMBER FOR ROOFING-FABRIC ROLLS.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, RAY P. PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Upper Montclair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Retainer Members for ofing-Fabric Rolls, of which the following is a specification.

In the application of Curtis J. Rothermel co-pending herewith, filed May 19, 1917, and bearing Serial No. 169,788, there is described a retainer means for positioning and retaining within the hollow portion of a roll of construction or roofing material the packages of cement, nails, etc., commonly called trimmings which are used in applying the material to the root, wall orother portion of the structure on which the same is to be used. As disclosed in this application, retainer means are employed consisting of a plurality of end members associated with lateral spring or tension means whose transverse dimension is larger than the interior diameter of the cavity of the roll of construction material. The end members are smaller, however, than such interior diameter so that when the retainer member is introduced into the cavity of the'roll the lateral tension means will exert pressure on the inner wall of such cavity and will accordingly serve to locate or position such retainer member. Upon inserting such retainer member into the cavity of the roll the packages of cement, nails, etc., are introduced therewith, being inserted between the end members, and are thereby retained and positioned within the roll.

The object of my present-invention is to provide simplified and improved means of the eneral character described in the aplicatlon above referred to. llnstead of using two end members connected or associated with lateral tension ,means, the whole being inserted into the cavity in the roll of construetion or roofing material in which the retaining means are to be positioned to hold in place the packages ol cement, nails, etc, ll may use and arrange either one or both end members as receptacles in which to place the cement, nails, etc, to be used in applying the construction material. By thus mak ing one or both end members in the form of receptacles or containers, ll eflect a considerable economy of material and bring about increased ease of manufacture, thereby Specification of Letters Patent.

Patente Aug... 5, 1919.

. Application filed March 12, 1918 Serial No. 221,935.

Fig. 6 shows a plan view of the disk shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 shows theretainer means illustrated in Fig. l in position within the roll of roofing material, the roll being shown in section anal the retainer means in side elevation; an

Fig, 8 shows in side elevation another species.

Referring now to the species shown in Fig. 1, a indicates a plurality of lateral tension members in the form of bowed springs having the bent ends 6, 6. At one end the lateral tension means or members a fit, by means of the bent ends 6, 6, into openings 0 in ears or extensions 1E forming a part of or at tached to the end member 6 which is constructed in the form of a container or receptacle'to hold cement,for example. The other end member d, which maybe a disksh-aped piece of wood or other suitable material, positions the other extremities e, e of the lateral tension members a, a. Between the members 6 and a? is located the package 0 containing the rest of the trimmings. Or, if desired, it is obvious that a plurality of such packages 0 may be located between the members 6 and d.

In Fig. 7 l have shown the retainer member just described in position within the roll R of roofing or construction material. The member is held in position by the lateral pressure exerted by the lateral tension mer'.- hers a, a against the walls of the substantially cylindrical cavity S within the roll. While the diameter of the arts 6, 0, (Z is less than that of the cavity the maximum transverse dimension between the members a, a, is substantially greater than the diameter of the cavity so that the members a, a are put under compression when the retainer means is inserted into the cavitlylf, whereby the said means are positioned wit .in the roll.

In Fig. 2 the lateral tension members a a, are connected to two end members 5, and c each of which is in the form of a receptacle. In this arrangement the ends 6 of the members 11,, adjacent the outer surface of the container 6,, are bent over such surface so as to press against and position the same. The other ends a, of the members a, pass through apertures 0 in the ears or lugs E forming parts or extensions of the container 0 As shown in Fig. 3, illustrating another modification of my invention, the lateral tension members consist of a single integral substantially U-shaped member (1 having bent portions or ends 6 fitting into apertures 0 in theears E forming a part of or connected to the end member I), which serves also as a receptacle. 0,, is also an end member serving, at the same time, as a receptacle or container for part of the trimm1ngs said receptacle 0, being positioned with respect to the tension member a by the transverse or end section a of the tension member (1,.

In Fig. 4 there is shown another modification of my invention. In this case the tension means a a, consists of a substantially continuous elongated tension memher having the connecting portions (1,, a

which serve as ends or stops against which rest the contamers'or receptacles b and 0 for the cement, nails, etc., constituting the" trimmings for the roll of roofing or construction material. The free ends 1,-2 of the lateral tension means a are connected together in any suitable manner, as by hooking said ends together, in the manner illustrated in the drawing.

In Fig. 5 is illustrated another modification of my invention in which the lateral tension members consist of a single U-shaped member a connected by an end piece 03,,

' similar to d, Fig. 1, thus retaining the receptacles b andc,. In this view is shown a disk is of metal interposed between the receptacles b and 0,. The disk 7c has radial slots .9 extending from its circumference as shown in Fig. 6 in order to enable the edges to be bent downwardly, and forms a closure to prevent the loss of the nails in case the receptacle 0,, which is usually a paper bag, should break. It will be seen that the peripheral edges of the disk is will be in contact with the inner surface of the roll in tween the tension members is considerably larger than the interior diameter of the cavity in the roll. Accordingly, when the re tainer member is inserted into the cavity of the roll, the lateral tension members are compressed and, therefore, serve to locate or position the retainer member together with the trimmings carried thereby at any position within the cavity of the roll that is desired.

In Fig. 8 there is illustrated another modification of my invention wherein the lateral tension members a which are preferably angular in form, although the bowed or equivalent form may be used with advantage, have their ends a, passing through apertures 0 in the rim 0, on the container b acting as an end member, while the other ends a, press against the grooves g in the end member d,, which rests on the receptacle 0,. By this arrangement, when the retainer member just described is inserted into the roll of roofing fabric, pressure is exerted against the inner walls of the cavit of the roll by the members a with the a ditional result that the end members a approach each other, exerting increased pressure upon the grooves g, and thereby cause the members b 0 and d, to be more compactly held together.

Throughout this specification the reference characters 1) refer to receptacles which are made of material, such as Wood that is rigid and possesses mechanical strength, while the reference characters 0, except in Fig. 2, refer to receptacles which are made of paper or similar material.

What I claim is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a retainer member for a roll of construction material comprising in combination a plurality of end members, and lateral tension means associated therewith, one of said end members constituting a hollow container for holding material to be used in applying the roll.

2. As an article of ma nufacture, a retainer member for a roll of construction material comprising in combination a plurality of end members of smaller diameter than the inner cavity of the roll, and lateral tension means associated with said end members and of a larger transverse dimension than the inner diameter ofthe cavity of the roll, one of said end members constituting a hollow container for holding material for applyin the roll, whereby when the retainer mem r is inserted into the cavity of the roll the lateral tension means will serve to locate and position said member within the roll.

3. As an article of manufacture,'a retainer member for a roll of construction material comprising in combination a plurality of end members, and lateral tension members connected to such end members, one of said end members constituting a container for holding material to be used inapplying the roll.

4:. As an article of manufacture, a retainer member for a roll of construction material comprising in combination a plurality of end members of smaller diameter than the inner diameter of the cavity of the roll, and lateral tension members associated with said end members, the transverse distance between said tension members being substantially greater than the internal diameter of the cavity of the roll, one of said end members constituting a container for holdingmaterial to be used in applying the roll, Whereby when the retainer member is inserted into the cavity of the roll the lateral, tension -members will serve to position and locate said member Within the roll.

5. As an articleof manufacture, a retainer member for a roll of construction material comprising, in combination, two end members, and a plurality of outwardly bent, angular, tension members, each of said tension members being fixed at one end in one of said end members, the other end of each tension member being free and the other end member being grooved to receive and position said free ends of the tension members.

being made of Wood.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

RAY P. PERRY. 

